Urban Sprawl Review

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

• new, affordable homes
• more farmland
• destruction of habitats
• more people pass their geography quiz

What do the dark spots on this population density map represent?

• urban cores
• metropolitan areas
• Somerset, Wisconsin
• public transit systems

What part of the metropolitan area is A pointing to?

• urban core
• urban fringe
• rural fringe 
• metropolitan area

What part of the metropolitan area is B pointing to?

• urban core
• rural fringe
• urban fringe
• mitochondria

What part of the metropolitan area is C pointing to?

• rural fringe
• urban fringe
• urban core
• cell membrane

What part of the metropolitan area is a suburb most likely to be located in?

• the rural fringe
• the urban core
• the urban fringe
• no

In 1973, Oregon placed growth boundaries around its urban areas. What was the purpose of these boundaries?

• to prevent the development of farmland and forests  
• to build a new building on an old, abandoned lot
• to create bigger and better suburbs
• to kick all the people out of the city and let squirrels live in the apartments

Toronto’s Official Plan encourages infill instead of urban sprawl. Which of these is the best  example of infill?

• getting a cavity filled in at the dentist
• eating ALL THE SWEETS
• replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building
• outfill

Increasing public transit is one way to get people in a metropolitan area to drive less. What is public transit?

• A network of buses, trains, and other vehicles used for moving passengers.
• not allowing people to build developments on farmland
• replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building
• when all the 7th graders get in Ms. Dodor's beetle and go to Taco Bell